| RARE | Bloody thin on the ground (4) |
| CANT | Talk of pi folk, thin on the ground but thinner on top (4) |
| RAREEARTH | This element is thin on the ground (4-5) |
| EARTH | Wear thin to wear thin on the ground (5) |
| SPARSE | Boxes are, in the end, thin on the ground (6) |
| REEDY | Thin on the ground, say, ultimately |
| UNCOMMON | Thin on the ground with a foreign general (8) |
| SPARS | Boxes, mostly thin on the ground |
| SCANTY | New York cats may be thin on the ground (6) |
| SPARSER | More thin on the ground (7) |
| MEAGRE | Thin on the ground (6) |
| SCARCE | Thin on the ground (6) |
| WELSHRAREBIT | British thin on the ground for half a bitter and a cheese sandwich (5,7) |
| SPARSEST | Stout poles properly set are most thin on the ground (8) |
| BALD | Awful, getting left thin on top (4) |
| PHRASE | Catchword wears thin on the radio (6) |
| SPARETYRE | Fat tax mentioned - thin on top! (5,4) |
| STOPAT | Stag, thin on top, prepared to be ruthless (4,2,7) |
| NOTHIHG | Stag, thin on top, prepared to be ruthless (4,2,7) |
| BALDISH | Lord one encountered during party, rather thin on top (7) |
